Horst Kilian
Horst Kilian (born January 29, 1950 in Würzburg ) is a former German water polo player .
Like his twin brother Günter, Horst Kilian played for SV Würzburg 05 , with whom he was German water polo champion in 1970, 1974 and from 1976 to 1978 . In the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the Würzburg team reached the four-man finals from 1976 to 1978.
The 1.89 m tall Horst Kilian completed a total of 147 international matches in the national team from 1969 to 1979 . At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , the left-hander was used in eight games and scored four goals. With goalkeeper Günter Kilian, Horst Kilian, Wolfgang Mechler (student at Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium ) and Günter Wolf , four Würzburgers belonged to the German team in 1976, which finished sixth in Montreal.
His son Philipp was also a national water polo player.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Montreal 1976. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1976 p. 369
Web links
- Horst Kilian in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ 21st Montreal Olympics. In: Annual Report 1975/76. Friedrich-Koenig-Gymnasium Würzburg, Würzburg 1976, p. 93.
- ↑ International successes (on the website of SV Würzburg 05)
- ↑ Water polo players want to shine in their world league debut. (Report on swimpool.de from June 24, 2005)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kilian, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German water polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |